Container and distributor for pulverulent substances, more particularly applicable for face-powder



Nov. 3, 1931.

J. B. SALARNIER 1,830,294 CONTAINER AND DIS TRIBUTOR FOR PULVERULENT SUBSTANCES MORE PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR FACE POWDER Filed Sept. 5. 1930 yuans-:MM

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Patented Nov:` i931v UNITED "STATES{JrArENTf OFFICES-" JEAN BArTrs'rE sALAnNIEa or 'onEHEUX-nA-rAPE, FRANCE y CONTAINERAND DIs'rmBU'ronron ruLvEnULEnn-suns'mivons, Y f y LAnLY-Arrnrcnnnn non, v1i'nonrownniay f Application filed September 3, 1.930, Serial No. 479,550, and in France September 6,

f substances more @face-powder.r f

Vwith fixed sieve for pulverulent bodies and more especially for face-powder which ful-- fill theconditions essential toall sifting operations, that is tosay; thrust of the substance against the sieve and relative displacement of the one with regard to the other.

s The distributor apparatus is essentially characterized inj that it is given an alternat- `ing reciprocating movement consistin inl 5 twoconcomitant displacements, one of t em ascendant which applies the pulverulent vsub-"V, stance against the sieve `and the other lateralY orgyral which displaces this substance in a., plane parallel yWiththat of the sieve in order J to assist itsk passage through the latter.

It'can be understood that at eachmovement i a. certain quantity of pulverulent substance, L

rice powder for instance, is passed through the sieve, which powder-puit.

. j A particular flexible or jointed metal, etc), themovable base` being mounted on single or .double joints, and its movement being produced from the outside of thebox in whichthe' mecha Y as spring or other plungers, levers, 'inclines, or the -l1ke. Y Y

vThe annexed drawings illustrate examplesy Y. of construction of the invention ink which:

i Figs. 1 and Zwaretwo cross-sections show-` ing the distributor mechanism respectively' .in its two extreme working positions.

Figs. 3 to 5 illustratevmodifications of construction.

lThey `distributor, apparatus is provided;

thehinges or links c` and can then be taken up cnaf` feature of the device is that,

whenthemovable base isv in its lowest position and if there is too much powder on the l sieve,`the excess powder can be againv passed' gf) through the sieve, to the inside of the device'.-

nism is arranged by any suitable means such f powder it can-be constructed as follows or in like manner. 1 ,n i i Thejixed portion of the distributor mechanism which canbeplaced inside any suitable box, comprises essentially a support a vofthe sieve 6'; f rlhemovahle part comprises (Figs. l and 2)V hinges kor links c articulatedv at d onV the aforesaid support a, and at e on 'a rigid mov-y able base f. A exibleymembrane g of suitable material, skin for example, forms ther reservoir of the pulverulent substance L be@ tweenL the said base f and the sieve Y This base fcan'bejdisplaced as shown .in

Figure 2, by any suitable means for example by a Vsimple plunger j articulated on one of operated from the outside itselfof the box. kThe movable base fcan be restored to its ylow positiony ig. l) either by the force of gravity under the action of its ownweight,

orby the'action cfa spring. f f The operation of', such mechanism is easy tounderstand. y

At each pressure kof thefnger, in the direc- IvronE YPARTICU- y tion of the arrow, on-the head ofthe plunger j, .the movable basey f' which is articulated on the-supporto, takes the position showny in Figure 2, that is to4 say, applies the pulveru` lent substance h, such as rice powder, against the sieve b, whilst causingit to slide against the'latter.` i p v.

y Consequently at,y each operation a certain amount lo Fig.v 2 of the pulverulent substance passesthroug'h the sieve b, which amount can ube regulated'at will, accordingly as a greateror`v less number of successive actions of theiinger kare'e'l'ected on the'headof the plunger y'. n'

Should.V this ofv powder be too great, the` excess 'poItIlOllk Canvbe causedy to pass back through the sieve Lbysimple friction of the powdenpuff or other device since' the reserve of. powder contained inside the distributor is nol longer in' contact vwith the sieve.. f

f In the modification of constructionfillus-r Atrated'in Figure Sone ofthe hinges is-omitted and replaced by an` incline n 0f suitable slope onV which the turned up end m ofA the mov- :Whole of thelaforesaidumechanism constitut-V Y ing a distortable parallelogram` iszreplaced,

able base fbears and slideslwhen lthe plungerV y j is pushed in.

In the modification shown 'in'Figure' 4, the l l i articulation of the movablebase f is formed by a strip of fabric r or other flexible material, one off the ends of vWhich isr fastened :at

s to the body of the box a.' While'the other is passed over a spindle 2f and is connected to the endv of avplungervu ofsuitableform. In the,A construction 'shown in Fig. 5 the bya` movable base f which can rise parallel Y to itselfg-while moving 'nearer-'to the sieve b,

' under the action yofitvv'ov'pins o engaged in One'of these pins is; provided Y inclines j).

v with an (')peratingv .button and voperat'able from outside.

e The'finve'ntionis not limitedv to theformsV vof"construction 'described but embracesl all variations of construction Vwherein thepulverulent substance: inside a distortable meinrbrane forming` a'pbellows and restingr onva movable base 'is contained.

`Having nou/particularly described and as- Y certained the'nat'ureof my said invention and i in 'what inannerthe same is to be performed,

I declare that What I" claim is:

Y A distributorfor pulverulent substances,

rmore' particularly applicable to boxes kfor face-powder, 4characterized by mechanism f havingV analternating reciprocating move-fV .r .ment Which'appliesfthe pulverulent substance against aV sleveyandgal'so .having a lateral reciprocatory .movement,"which displacesV the pulverulent substances. in a plane parallel v with that of the sievexito assist its passage ythroulghfthe latter, the j movable base being returned after l ach 'operation to itsnormal* ijposition remote from the sieve. y u f' 2. 'A'distribut'or asin claim 1. inV Which'the movable base is connected to the periphery of the ysieve by a" flexible membrane `of' suitable *i material themova'ble base being mounted on single, ordoible articulations,'the movementv of ysaid base'being produced by suitable v .mechanism operated by a plunge-r or the'like ajctuatedfrom y'outside `a box inwvhich the distribution.' mechanism V1s' arranged.

'3.'Adistributor .for pulverulentmateriahf y 'comprisinga sieve,aibase,andmeansto move Y Y the'base toward and from thcsieveand also laterallyalternately inv opposite directions, so Y Ythat pulverulent material betvveenthe sieveV *andk jthejbase is forced by thebasethrough A l the sieve and isfalso.fmovedlaterallyand hence correspondingly distributed inproximity to `v1""'an'd'also incontact vvith" the .inner side ofthe 4sieve, so that the*forcing of Jsuch material through*'the'sieve is facilitated. f

4. A distributor as claimed in claim" 8, in

l'cludin'g acontainer fmafde of -`iexible mate-V li yria-l, `arranged vbetween 'the base and a-the sieve and lopen on'theside-n'ext the sieve.

In Witness' vvhereofI-ljaliix `:my signature` f JEAN BAPTISTE SALARNIER. 

